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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.0 points and no headline scoring beyond +1.0 on the scale. All three outlets treated the event as straightforward breaking news, relying on factual language and avoiding ideological framing. The primary differences were in detail and angle rather than political slant: Breitbart led with precise casualty figures ("3 Killed, at Least 21 Wounded"), Washington Examiner anchored its framing in official attribution by quoting the Moscow mayor's characterization of a "terrorist act," and Metro provided the most contextual detail, noting the alleged target ("Putin's top brass") and the method ("woman dressed as courier"). These differences reflect editorial choices about which facts to foreground — casualties, official response, or operational specifics — rather than any meaningful ideological divide in how the bombing itself was framed.